Paramedic talks woman out of jumping from building

March 05, 2009

A Chicago Fire Department paramedic talked a woman out of jumping from a building this morning east of the Loop.

Paramedic Chief Tom Murphy was at a firehouse at 259 N. Columbus Dr. at 6:30 a.m. when a taxi driver drove there and told him the woman was about to jump from an apartment at 185 N. Harbor Dr., said Fire Department Cmdr. Will Knight.

The woman was transported to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in stable condition, Knight said.